1.\" $OpenBSD: number.6,v 1.8 2008/03/17 09:17:56 sobrado Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)number.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 31.\" 32.Dd $Mdocdate: March 17 2008 $ 33.Dt NUMBER 6 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm number 37.Nd convert Arabic numerals to English 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm number 40.Op Fl l 41.Op Fl - 42.Op Ar # ... 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46utility prints the English equivalent of the number to the standard 47output, with each 10^3 magnitude displayed on a separate line. 48If no argument is specified, 49.Nm 50reads lines from the standard input. 51.Pp 52The options are as follows: 53.Bl -tag -width Ds 54.It Fl l 55Display the number on a single line. 56.El 57.Pp 58.Nm 59understands negative numbers (although they must be preceded by 60.Sq -- 61if they are on the command line to avoid being mistaken for options) 62and numbers in scientific notation (e.g. 1.234E+05). 63